Why 'Kanor' changed to 'Karding' on latest Cyclone name set by PAGASA? This is due to the connotation of the name 'Kanor' as censored in the country. State weather bureau PAGASA has changed Bagyong Kanor into Bagyong Karding because the name causes "negative thoughts" according to a weather forecaster.

If you don't know yet, Mang Kanor is the nick name of Joel Lito Tiongson, a 54-year-old person who was allegedly involved in a popular sex video scandal with 15-year-old teenage girl named Jill Rose Medosa in the year 2009. As a result, PAGASA changed the name "Kanor" that causes "negative thoughts" into Karding.

Here is the list of revised PAGASA names for the 2014 typhoon season;

Agaton
Basyang
Caloy
Domeng
Ester

Florita
Glenda
Henry
Inday
Jose

Karding
Luis
Mario
Neneng
Ompong

Paeng
Queenie
Ruby
Seniang
Tomas

Usman
Venus
Waldo
Yayang
Zeny

PAGASA also has an auxiliary list of names if the number of tropical cyclones exceeds 25 this year:

Agila
Bagwis

Chito
Diego

Elena
Felino

Gunding
Harriet

Indang
Jessa

Watch the actual news forecast by ABS-CBN below.

As per recods says, there are an average of 19 tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yearly. References: abs-cbnnews